BUTTREY BUY TALKS END

GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- Buttrey Food & Drug here said last week discussions with a potential buyer have been terminated for undisclosed reasons.Chain officials declined to say whether Buttrey is for sale, "but the board of directors has an obligation to look at any offer that's presented to us," Wayne Peterson, chief financial officer and secretary, told SN last week.Local observers said the chain is

GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- Buttrey Food & Drug here said last week discussions with a potential buyer have been terminated for undisclosed reasons.

Chain officials declined to say whether Buttrey is for sale, "but the board of directors has an obligation to look at any offer that's presented to us," Wayne Peterson, chief financial officer and secretary, told SN last week.

Local observers said the chain is likely to consider all serious offers.